Michelle is a successful singer, musician, and songwriter. She was the lead singer and bass player for the award-winning L.A. indie rock band Moe Jones for five years and has won awards seven years running for her songwriting from ASCAP. She played with fellow musicians Doug and Steve at venues such at The Key Club, Hard Rock Cafe, The Gig, The Joint, Genghis Cohen, Hallenbeck's, and Molly Malone's. Michelle is now singing, playing, and writing for Crazy Aunt Mary, an edgy, acoustic-driven band that focuses on having a blast. She produced their first album, Sexy Epsilon, and they've been gigging around town at great venues like Rusty's Surf Ranch, Kulak's Woodshed, Maeve's Residuals Bar, Pitfire Grill, Universal Bar & Grill, The Talking Stick, Hallenbeck's, and Liquid Lounge. They also have the good fortune to play in the annual GoGirlsMusicFest.

As an actor, Michelle recurred on the ABC TV series "Fudge," based on the Judy Blume books, and starred as Ingrid in the cult indie film "A Weekend with Barbara und Ingrid." She also co-starred in the film "Angus Petfarkin Paints His Masterpiece,” starring and directed by Bob Kent, and was honored to co-write the song, “Sexy Epsilon,” with Steve Pinkney for the film as well as play for the film's soundtrack. Michelle also had an interesting time living next door to the infamous James Frey, as well as appearing in his film "Sugar: The Fall of the West."

Michelle is passionate about animals and has been a committed vegetarian for many years.

Steve Pinkney - guitar, vocals
Steve Pinkney has been a guitarist since he was 8 years old, having aspired to win the affection of the younger of the Agostini sisters down the block. (Chicks like guitar players at any age.) But now he got the girl he always wanted...

A veteran of L.A bands, Steve most recently played with Moe Jones, which gigged and recorded with acclaim. Steve is now honored to play with band members Michelle Holmes and Doug Forsyth, and he also plays guitar better than anyone you know.

Doug Forsyth - drums, vocals
Doug, a California native, began his drumming career at the tender age of 5 after watching Ricky Ricardo rip it up on the conga performing "Babaloo". From there on he was hooked. His influences range from the great drumming masters of the Big Band era - Sonny Payne, Mel Lewis, and Gene Kruppa - to hard-hitting rockers like John Bonham and Keith Moon. The list of influences is way too long, but suffice it to say, if they can lay down a groove, play with emotion and add in some tasty licks, he's all over it.

Playing with Crazy Aunt Mary isn't the only time Doug has been on the stage. He has been acting in plays and musicals since he was 12 years old. He has also done a few commercials and a couple of movies. If you look real hard, you can see him in “The Chocolate War”. Doug is also venturing into a new area of performing - singing and songwriting for Crazy Aunt Mary.

Doug has been in numerous bands (a good drummer with his own transportation is hard to find) from classic rock cover bands to alternative rock original bands. He spent some time as the house drummer for a blues club and has played for way too many musicals (give him a break, they're paid gigs). But now he has found a couple of superb musicians who have become two of his closest friends, and as the world will soon discover, this trio is called Crazy Aunt Mary. Besides gigging with Crazy Aunt Mary, Doug is the Technical Director and an Instructor for the Theatre Arts Department at Santa Monica College. The rest of Doug’s free time is spent with his wife Terrin and three boys: Phoenix, Zachary, and MycKinnon.

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